Uncommonly sensitive to her owner's moods--for he had imputed
personality to her--Dr. Paige's rakish blue coupe noted at a
glance that this was one of those eventful mornings when she
would be expected to steer her own course to Parkway Hospital.
- Green Light (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)]

It had lately become common chatter at Brightwood
Hospital--better known for three hundred miles around Detroit as
Hudson's Clinic--that the chief was all but dead on his feet.
- Magnificent Obsession
[Books (First Lines)]

After so long a pause that Marcia felt sure whoever it was must
have gone away, the front doorbell rang again, a courteously
brief 'still waiting.'
- White Banners (ch. 1)
[Books (First Lines)]